Pierrot Goes Wild

Original title: Pierrot le Fou

Jean-Luc Godard/ France – Italy/ French – english/ 1965/ 110 minutes

Pierrot le fou is directed by Jean-Luc Godard based on a novel by Lionel White, Obsession. It is the story of Ferdinand Griffon and Marianne. Ferdinand is unhappily married and has been recently fired from his job at a television broadcasting company. After a boring party in Paris, he decides to leave his wife and children for his baby-sitter, an ex-girlfriend, Marianne Renoir. The couple gets caught up in a mysterious gun-running scheme involving Marianne's brother.

He spends the night with her and finds that she is involved in smuggling weapons. When Marianne is chased by terrorists, they decide to travel to the Mediterranean Sea without any money, leaving Paris and his family behind in a crazy journey to nowhere.

Sutherland Trophy for director in British Film Institute Awards

Director: Jean-Luc Godard   

Writer: Jean-Luc Godard

Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Graziella Galvani, Pascal Aubier, Raymond Devos, Roger Dutoit, Samuel Fuller, Pierre Hanin, Jimmy Karoubi, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Hans Meyer, Krista Nell, Dirk Sanders, Georges Staquet

Producer: Georges de Beauregard

Original Music: Antoine Duhamel   

Cinematographer: Raoul Coutard   

Editor: Françoise Collin